CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1402Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to medical evidentiary examinations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1402, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Medical evidentiary examinations: reimbursement.Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law prohibits the costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for the medical evidentiary examination from being charged to a victim of the assault. Existing law requires the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed to reimburse the cost of a medical evidentiary examination within 60 days.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1402Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to medical evidentiary examinations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1402, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Medical evidentiary examinations: reimbursement.Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law prohibits the costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for the medical evidentiary examination from being charged to a victim of the assault. Existing law requires the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed to reimburse the cost of a medical evidentiary examination within 60 days.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1402
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan Dahle
February 17, 2023
An act relating to medical evidentiary examinations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1402, as introduced, Megan Dahle. Medical evidentiary examinations: reimbursement.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law prohibits the costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for the medical evidentiary examination from being charged to a victim of the assault. Existing law requires the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed to reimburse the cost of a medical evidentiary examination within 60 days.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual abuse and attempted sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law prohibits the costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for the medical evidentiary examination from being charged to a victim of the assault. Existing law requires the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed to reimburse the cost of a medical evidentiary examination within 60 days.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to reimbursements for child abuse forensic examinations.
### SECTION 1.